[4] Copy of measured drawing of an unidentified palazzo from an Italian source

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Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
- Soane's architectural education: Royal Academy and Italy including measured drawings: 1770-1780
  - Soane in Italy: measured drawings made or copied, 1778-80
    - Italy: Unidentified locations (9)

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Reference number

SM 45/4/11

Purpose

[4] Copy of measured drawing of an unidentified palazzo from an Italian source

Aspect

Ground floor plan, not fully drawn out

Scale

bar scale of Palmi

Inscribed

as above and dimensions given

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, pen, pricked for transfer on laid paper (Italian made) (402 x 502)

Notes

The unfinished (almost) square plan is symmetrically arranged around an arcaded courtyard and fronted by a seven-bay arcade with an entrance in the centre. Behind the arcade there are, on each side of the entrance hall, three compartments measuring 20:0 by 29 ¹⁷/₂₄and 29 ⁸/₁₂(sic). The building width is about 280 palmi though apparently labelled 235 Palmi; dimensions conform quite well to the scale though the fractions seem a little odd. Not related, for example, to Soane's measured drawings for the Palazzi Farnese, Pietro Massimi and Vidoni-Caffarelli (q.v.).

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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